Banking giant HSBC said on Friday that pre-tax profit jumped 30.7 percent to $6.2 billion in the first three months of the year, describing the results as "encouraging" despite an uncertain global outlook.
Fiat Chrysler (FCA) on Friday confirmed its targets for this year despite reporting a 29 percent fall in first-quarter operating profit as sales and margins weakened in its North American profit centre.
Brazil planemaker Embraer SA said on Friday it had delivered 22 planes in the first quarter of 2019, three aircraft fewer than in the same period in 2018.
Tesla Inc said on Friday its offering of 3.1 million shares was priced at US$243 per share and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk will buy shares worth up to US$25 million.
The stock market surge since the start of the year that has sent the benchmark S&P 500 index up to new record highs is leaving behind one sector that typically outperforms in an expanding economy: energy.
Fiat Chrysler (FCA) said on Friday its adjusted operating profit fell 29 percent in the first quarter as sales slowed in its North American profit center in Europe.
Safaricom, Kenya's biggest telecoms operator, said on Friday its core earnings for the full year rose 13.1 percent to 89.6 billion shillings (US$889.33 million), driven by growth in its M-Pesa digital financial business.
FRANKFURT: German investigators have shut down the world's second largest criminal online trading platform and detained three German men suspected of running it, the Frankfurt public prosecutor's office said on Friday. The online marketplace, named "Wall Street Market", was used to trade drugs ...
Bitcoin jumped to a new six-month high on Friday in a move that traders said was the result of technical forces, with no immediate news catalysts sending the cryptocurrency higher.
PARIS: Air France-KLM said Friday (May 3) its losses deepened in the first quarter of the year under the pressure of higher fuel costs and competition, although the group managed to boost passenger numbers. The net loss of 320 million euros (US$357 million) was worse than the 269-million-euro loss ......
